the eighth edition of Total Baseball: the ultimate baseball encyclopedia is the most striking, compelling and comprehensive single volume ever devoted to America's pastime.
An examination of the cultural consequences of an Equity theatre in a small midwestern farm town. It considers what the existence of The Little Theatre On The Square in Sullivan, Illinois, means to perceptions of life in the town, telling its story through oral history and photographs.
'[This] will be a useful resource for anyone who is interested in learning more about Cognitive Behaviour Therapy' - Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy This practical guide, based on the theory that emotional disorders are influenced by negatively biased thinking, describes how brief cognitive behaviour therapy can provide effective help to ...
23993-9 All the information and software you need to set up your own Web server: No experience necessary! Nowadays, anyone can "surf" the World Wide Web. But many people assume that if you want to put your own information on the Web, you'll have to spend thousands of dollars on specialized computers and consultants. The truth is, you can set up ...
In this book, musicologist Reinhold Brinkmann guides the reader through Brahms's Second Symphony, examining musical ideas in all their compositional facets and placing them in the context of major trends in the intellectual history of late-19th-century Europe.
Within the tourism industry there is a growing consensus on the need for research to investigate the economic, social and environmental impacts of tourism. However, existing research methods texts are based solely on either the business approach or the social science approach to tourism. They often fail to provide real world examples of how to ...
This book analyses the lifelong impact of Beethoven's music on Wagner and its importance for his conception of music drama. Kropfinger charts and scrutinises Wagner's early responses to the composer and considers his experience as a conductor of Beethoven's music. A discussion of the Romantic 'Beethoven image' leads to a careful study of Wagner's ...
This book examines the income distributional experience of fifteen developed economies - representing a wide range of social and economic strategies - over the past two decades. Experts from each of the countries have carefully documented the pattern of distributional change in individual earnings and household income in their countries and ...
The beginnings of industrialization had an enormous impact on social conditions, buildings and material culture. This text uses the techniques of mainstream archaeological excavation, analysis and interpretation to present an enlightening picture of industrial society. Technology and heritage have, until recently, been the focal points of study in ...
This manual, endorsed by the British Orienteering Federation, examines the key areas of orienteering as sport and recreation with analysis and advice from some well-known names in the field. They explore what constitutes successful orienteering and suggest ways of developing the relevant skills.
Each title in this innovative series contains 25 step-by-step projects ranging in complexity, and includes a gallery of work by contemporary artists. A techniques and materials section is included.'
Two hundred years of industry have transformed the British landscape. This volume enables the reader to reconstruct the landscape of past industry. The authors are industrial archaeologists of national standing whose concern is to use surviving material evidence and contemporary sources in order to study the former working conditions of men and ...
Profiles the world's finest golfers of the past forty years including Tony Jacklin, Hale Irwin, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Arnold Palmer, and Tom Weiskopf.
100 Bible stories and 400 illustrations from The Children's King James New Testament (Harper & Row), and 100 more stories and 400 more illustrations were done for The Children's Old Testament (McGraw-Hill) Mrs. Palmer and Mr. Lee were hired to do these excellent stories and illustrations. Their instructions: Stories were to be short and simple No ...
The is the first in what will become a valuable series of anthologies of avant-garde literature from around the world by one of the few dedicated cutting-edge publishers in the U.S., Exact Change. Includes a CD of 12 poets reading their work.
This text examines Johannes Brahms's Second Symphony, discussing interesting aspects of the work and what it reveals about the composer and his time. Reinhold Brinkmann guides the reader through the symphony movement by movement, examining musical ideas in all their compositional facets and placing them in the context of major trends in the ...
Reinhold Rucker Angerstein was an eighteenth-century industrial spy. He travelled widely in Europe in the 1750s, supported by the Swedish government, gathering information about trade and emerging technology. The diary of his trip to Britain is extraordinary for its quality of observation and insight, its comparative nature and the large number of ...
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